Januuary 2017
It was with great sadness to learen of the death of Ross Macaky at the age of 77 after a long and distinguished career in academia. He made a siginificant contribution to regional economics and studies based upon his acknowledged experstise in a Keynesian perspective on labour markets. As a great stalwart of URESG events and activities he had a major impact on members of the Group, and was especially influential on younger and newer ones.
The following two obituaries give some detail of Ross's contribution
University of Bangor and
The Scottish Herald. He will be
missed.
March 2014
David
Bailey, vice Chair of URESG, gave his inaugural lecture at the
University of Aston entitled Brexit, UK Automotive and
Implications for Industrial
Policy.
So what might Brexit mean for the UK automotive sector, and in turn for industrial policy in the UK? This inaugural lecture considers short run impacts, before turning to the impact of uncertainty on foreign direct investment inflows and then the nature of a possible trading relationship. Some concluding thoughts highlight the need for a renewed industrial policy to support UK auto and manufacturing, and reflects on the government's recent Industrial Strategy Green Paper.
David's
presentation may be downloaded from the
Aston Inaugurals website but a more comprehensive account can
be found in his chapter in Bailey, D and Budd, L (2017) (eds)
The Political Economy of Brexit Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Agenda
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